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Tents are pitched using social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a homeless encampment christened Safe Sleeping Village in a square next to city hall in San Francisco, California, U.S. May 28, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)
San Francisco has opened a temporary sanctioned tent encampment for members of its homeless population during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
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Tents are pitched using social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a homeless encampment christened Safe Sleeping Village in a square next to city hall in San Francisco, California, U.S. May 28, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)
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Tents are pitched using social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a homeless encampment christened Safe Sleeping Village in a square next to city hall in San Francisco, California, U.S. May 28, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)
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An aerial view of San Francisco's first temporary sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless in San Francisco, California, May 28, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)
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An aerial view of San Francisco's first temporary sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless in San Francisco, California, May 28, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)
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An aerial view of San Francisco's first temporary sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless in San Francisco, California, May 28, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)
![](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2020/05/29/9688555bf05241ab9dc9abd26806c47e.jpg)
An aerial view of San Francisco's first temporary sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless in San Francisco, California, May 28, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)